Archive for October, 2009
Waiting is over for MJ fans
28 October 2009 by Renee MoodieThe documentary about Michael Jackson, This Is It, has been seen worldwide in 15 different screenings - and there were a bunch in South Africa.
Did you go? What did you think of the movie? If you couldn’t face that 2am start, will you be going?
If not, why not? There are a bunch of people who [...]
What’s your favourite vampire movie?
22 October 2009 by Renee MoodieOver on the Tonight site, we’ve got a vampire thing going.
There’s a good feature about Robert Pattinson (am I the only person in the world who doesn’t think he’s sexy?), there’s a review of a True Blood DVD, and Tonight film writer Theresa Smith is sharing, along with a sh**load of videos.
Her favourite vampire [...]
Beards are back in fashion…
16 October 2009 by Renee MoodieA Tonight story says that a recent survey of more than 2Â 000 men and women conducted by Lynx unearthed some conclusively anti-beard statistics.
While 63 percent of men believed facial hair made them more manly and attractive, 92 percent of women said they preferred a clean-shaven man, with 95 percent complaining that facial stubble made a [...]
Irene van Wyk dies in car crash
14 October 2009 by Renee MoodieRenowned Afrikaans gospel singer Irene van Wyk died in a car accident after she apparently lost control of her vehicle and collided head-on with a truck.
Known by all in the industry as “The Voiceâ€, Van Wyk performed as lead singer and bass player for 1980s all-girl group Chess who had hits with “Down by the [...]
SA jazz legend dies
13 October 2009 by JuanitaOne of Cape Town’s elders of jazz has died.
Winston Monwabisi Mankunku Ngozi was born in Retreat in 1943 - and his musicality emerged early on, according to his biography.
Mankunku experimented with piano and trumpet before he took up playing the saxophone for which he is now famous.
He will be missed, though his sounds live [...]
